{"product_id":"the-betrayals-a-novel-isbn-9780062838124","title":"The Betrayals: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternational Bestseller!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Dizzyingly wonderful . . . a perfectly constructed work of fiction, with audacious twists . . . Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with enchantment, mystery, and dark secrets from the highly acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Binding.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf your life was based on a lie, would you risk it all to tell the truth?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains, society’s best and brightest are trained for excellence in the \u003cem\u003egrand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ejeu\u003c\/em\u003e—the great game—an arcane and mysterious competition that combines music, art, math, poetry, and philosophy. Léo Martin once excelled at Montverre but lost his passion for scholarly pursuits after a violent tragedy. He turned to politics instead and became a rising star in the ruling party, until a small act of conscience cost him his career. Now he has been exiled back to Montverre, his fate uncertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this rarified world of learning Léo once loved is not the same place he remembers. Once the exclusive bastion of men, Montverre’s most prestigious post is now held by a woman: Claire Dryden, also known as the Magister Ludi, the head of the great game. At first, Léo feels an odd attraction to the magister—a mysterious, eerily familiar connection—though he’s sure they’ve never met before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the legendary Midsummer Game approaches—the climax of the academy’s year—long-buried secrets rise to the surface and centuries-old traditions are shockingly overturned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic, \u003cem\u003eThe Betrayals \u003c\/em\u003econfirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"The reader is in for a treat: all these mysteries converge in shocking, suspenseful ways. By the time the novel draws to a close, the weave of the story and the tight net of a powerful rivals-to-lovers romance will have captured the reader in their web.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A surreal epic.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopsugar on The Betrayals, 25 New May Book Releases That Deserve a Place on Your Kindle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enjoyable . . . at its heart, it’s about people and learning to forgive yourself as well as others.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirly Book Club on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ingenious . . . Collins’s story holds everything up its sleeve for as long as possible.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (UK) on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It’s just beautiful —written with such elegance and poise. What I love about Bridget's books is her ability to write the most magical worlds of escapism and yet anchor those worlds very much in today.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Cannon, internationally bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She’s done it again: this is another triumph from the incomparable imagination of Bridget Collins. \u003cem\u003eThe Betrayals\u003c\/em\u003e sinks its teeth into you and won’t let you go. It’s a mesmerising, intimate and ambitious story about art, love and what it means to be human. If you loved \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e, you’ll adore \u003cem\u003eThe Betrayals.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Kelly, internationally bestselling author of He Said\/She Said, on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"More lavish magical escapism from the unit-shifting author of \u003cem\u003eThe Binding.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent (Ireland) on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A unique, unexpected and beautifully unsettling story . . . gorgeously beguiling and totally addictive.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Glen, author of The Other Half of Augusta Hope, on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant . . . a captivating, imaginative tale.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home (UK) on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bookbinders capture souls in this fantasy’s bleak Dickensian world. The novel’s most horrifying victim is the starving mother who doesn’t recognize her children because she had to sell her memories of them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, New Books We Recommend This Week, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Betrayals\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful dystopian romance about coming of age as an artist and the love affair artistic collaboration can be, while also being an acute political novel about the fate of spiritual values in a totalitarian system. A rich delight.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Newman, author The Heavens and The Country of Ice Cream Star, on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dizzyingly wonderful . . . Collins summons a Gormenghast-esque richness of place and people . . . a perfectly constructed work of fiction, with audacious twists that clumsier hands would fumble, and irresistibly moving emotional beats. . . . Nabokov called fiction a ‘game of worlds,’ and Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Ditum, The Times (UK) on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Another sumptuous act of imaginative world-building. . . .  If you’re looking for an absorbing, transporting work of fiction—and why would you not be?—\u003cem\u003eThe Betrayals\u003c\/em\u003e is just the thing . . . settle in, and enjoy getting lost in this captivating book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer (UK) on The Betrayals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Using evocative language to express a lovingly told tale of lost memories, Collins wraps her story of a passionate, forbidden relationship in mystery and magic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is an imaginative, thought-provoking tale of how—for better and worse—moments can define who we become.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A moving, spellbinding book with a powerful love story at its heart and one of the best twists I’ve read in a long time. I fell into and inhabited and loved it. Such a deeply enjoyable and nourishing novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Newman, author of The Heavens, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intriguing, thought-provoking and heartbreaking … what a gorgeous book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStella Duffy on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What an astounding book … something entirely of its own. Brilliant concept, truly extraordinary writing and a killer plot.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Mazzola, author of The Unseeing, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beguiling and mysterious … dark and atmospheric … \u003cem\u003eThe Binding \u003c\/em\u003eis the kind of novel that practically demands fireside reading.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Herald (Glasgow) on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intense, immersive. . . . A stirring, highly original piece of storytelling and world-making.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A real treat . . . gothic, imaginative and dark.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e held me captive from the start and refused to set me free. It’s a beautifully crafted tale of dark magic and forbidden passion, where unspeakable cruelty is ultimately defeated by enduring love. Breathtaking!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pure magic. The kind of immersive storytelling that makes you forget your own name. I wish I had written it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Kelly, author of He Said\/She Said, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Truly spellbinding... Many readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e will simply sink gratefully into the pleasures of its pages, because, like all great fables, it also functions as transporting romance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“More of an experience than a book, written with such grace and wisdom. Utterly brilliant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An original concept, beautifully written. Collins’ prose is spellbinding.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Purcell, author of The Silent Companions, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A captivating fantasy novel with forbidden love at its heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping (UK) on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark chocolate slice of cake with a surprising, satisfying seam of raspberry running through it. It is a rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracy Chevalier, bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, on The Binding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889484591333,"sku":"NP9780062838124","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062838124.jpg?v=1730231351","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-betrayals-a-novel-isbn-9780062838124","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}